Was it before or after the tenerife disaster?
2007-04-09 22:43:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
It is not illegal for more than one aircraft to occupy a taxiway. Look at any busy airport in the world and you will see many aircraft queued on the taxiways waiting to line up on the runway.
More than one aircraft can occupy a runway. Many military and civil aerobatic aircraft takeoff in formation. Commercial airliners are under spacial restrictions, meaning that they must leave enough room between aircraft to avoid potential damage from collisions and jetwash. However it is not usual for one aircraft to line up on the runway, while the previous is midway down the runway either taking off or landing.
The Tenerife disaster occurred because of lack of ground radar systems (the air traffic controllers could not see the aircraft visually and had no radar to see them with) and miscommunication between pilots and air traffic control (one pilot thought he heard the instruction to take off and the other failled to allert atc that he was still on the runway). The 2 747's where taxiing on the runway rather than taxiways because of a change in wind direction at an airport that was not intended to handle them,. They had been diverted there becuase another airport had temporarily closed.
2007-04-09 22:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by Darkrider 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I've seen the whole formation of 9 Red Arrows take off at the same time and move in to a 9-ship formation as the gear was coming up. Nothing illegal about it, it's just not something you'd want to try with big aircraft.
You will often see a whole row of aircraft on a taxiway at a busy airport, it's also not uncommon to see a jet taxi into position on a runway as soon as the previous landing traffic has gone by and before they have cleared the runway.
The thing you can't do is bring two heavy aircraft throught the same piece of airspace within a couple of minutes of each other, the turbulent air from the leading a/c can cause severe problems for the follower.
2007-04-10 04:12:25 · answer #2 · answered by Chris H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not illegal. I have lined up on a runway for takeoff many times prior to the preceding aircraft lifting off the runway. This is simply a time saver. However, while landing, we will not land on the runway until the aircraft preceding us has either turned off of the runway or lifted back into the air. This is simply a safety measure to prevent a collision.
2007-04-10 10:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by IFlyGuy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not illegal, it is more like costing a real deal of danger. Two planes especially large aircraft like the Boeing 747 has a large wingspan and if flown with a aircraft behind it or in front of it, it has a large chance of crashing. But in some air shows, jet planes are seen lifting side to side with one just a little bit faster.
2007-04-10 05:16:09 · answer #4 · answered by ghetto_star100 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not illegal but putting two planes on the same runway is dangerous. putting two planes on the same taxiway is fine as long as they're not too close to each other
2007-04-11 11:33:45 · answer #5 · answered by rescueswimmer1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not illegal to put two palnes on one runway
its is just due to that it have a great danger of any acident
planes are so expansive that why use best security reasons
if u go to air force air field some time take off two or more plane together on one runway
2007-04-09 22:51:25 · answer #6 · answered by Umairy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answers above are right in stating that neither of the conditions are "illegal".
2007-04-09 22:58:40 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋